L.A. supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina Island deer by shooting them from helicopters

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L.A. supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina Island deer by shooting them from helicopters

Last fall, the Catalina Island Conservancy labeled its plan to eliminate the island's invasive mule deer population by employing helicopter-bound hunters armed with high-powered rifles "bold and ambitious." But the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chose other descriptors: "inhumane and drastic."